vRanger 7.8 - Installation/Upgrade Guide

HotAdd disk requirements

Configuration requirements

When using the HotAdd transport, the following disk restrictions and requirements apply.

•	HotAdd only works on SCSI and SATA disks. IDE disks and vRDMs are not supported.

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HotAdd cannot be used if the VMFS block size of the datastore containing the VM folder for the target VM does not match the VMFS block size of the datastore containing the vRanger VM. For example, if you back up a virtual disk on a datastore with 1 MB blocks, the proxy must also be on a datastore with 1 MB blocks.

Password security setting policy

Weak passwords compromise system security. When you create and update passwords in vRanger, follow as many of these guidelines as your environment allows:

•	A password should not include a significant portion of a user or account name. A password should be at least six characters long and should contain several characters from these categories:

▪	Uppercase letters in English — A to Z

▪	Lowercase letters in English — a to z

▪	Digits — 0 to 9

▪	Non-alphabetic characters — for example, $, !, #, %

Port requirements

The following table lists the ports used by each of the vRanger components.

 

Table 11. Ports

Port number	Protocol	Direction
22	TCP	vRanger to VMware® ESXi™ Host vRanger to VA VA to VA
53	TCP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to DNS Server
137	TCP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to CIFS Repository
137	UDP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to CIFS Repository
138	UDP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to CIFS Repository
139	TCP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to CIFS Repository
443	TCP	vRanger and VA to ESXi hosts vRanger and VA to VMware® vCenter™
445	TCP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to CIFS Repository vRanger to VA
902	TCP	vRanger to Hosts VA to Hosts
2049	TCP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to NFS Repository
2049	UDP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to NFS Repository
37453	TCP	vRanger/VA/ESXi Host to NetVault SmartDisk Repository
10011	TCP	RDA Control Channel
11000	TCP	RDA Data Channel
51000	TCP	Physical Backup: vRanger to physical server

Additional port requirements

•	For the VA designated for Linux® FLR, the firewall must be configured to allow ICMP (ping) packets.

•	For physical backups to function correctly, the firewall must be configured to allow WMI connections.

Compatibility with other applications

vRanger can be used with various applications to provide additional functionality. The following table summarizes which applications are supported by the most recent versions of vRanger.

 

Table 12. Compatibility

Company	Application	Application version	vRanger version							Support details
			7.6.3	7.6.4	7.6.5	7.6.6	7.7	7.7.1	7.8
Quest	NetVault SmartDisk	2.0.1
		10.0	X
		11.4.5		X	X	X	X	X	X
	DR OS1	3.2	X							RDA Plug-in versions 4.0.3 and 4.1 are supported.
		3.4	X
		4.0		X	X	X	X	X	X
		4.1							X
	QoreStor	For QoreStor and vRanger interoperability information, please refer to the QoreStor Interoperability Guide.
EMC®	DD OS2	5.5
		5.6
		5.7	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
		6.0		X	X	X	X	X	X
		6.1		X	X	X	X	X	X
		6.2							X

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1

Operating system for the Quest DR Series appliance.

2

Data Domain® operating system